Question:
Anyone have canker sores on tongue due to nutritional intake

Each and everytime I have ever dieted in my life, I would get these horrible canker sores on the back of my tongue. They would be so sore, that many times, I would stop the diet and go back to eating normal. Since, malabsorption will be somewhat the "norm" after surgery, I am very worried about getting those sores. It seemed to me it was due to a nutritional imbalance. Any answers out there?!    — Georgia H. (posted on May 31, 2002)

May 30, 2002
You might want to consider that maybe the reasons for the sores wasn't nutrition, but WHAT it was you were eating. I get these sores sometimes too. For years I thought it was happening when I wasn't eating right, but I realized after surgery that it was when I ate too many acidic type things like oranges and OJ, tomatoes, stuff like that. Next time you get one, give that a thought, maybe you can avoid them in the future.
   — Monica H.

May 31, 2002
I used to be a regular canker-victim. Since my surgery, the only time I've had anything resembling them is when I've fallen into a vat of pineapple. I can eat the other acids foods, but pineapple, only in tight moderation. But I have frequent labs and watch my nutritional levels very closely now, too.
   — vitalady

May 31, 2002
I am pre-op but noticed that I have started to get a cancker sore about 1 a month since I started a high pro diet. I figured it was from that. They heal up rather quick with Anbesol.
   — diane M.